Partners in Patriotism in the SCHOOLS MARKING a MILESTONE

2 Q2 | 2018 Inside this issue • Patriots Thank Foxborough Teachers • Residents Invited to In-Stadium Practice • FHS Students Announce Patriots Draft Pick • New Revolution Training Complex Planned • NCAA Lacrosse Championships Weekend Quarterly Insight into the Progress and Philanthropy of The Kraft Group Partners in Patriotism IN THE SCHOOLS MARKING A MILESTONE In May, more than 50 officials and staff from life-changing care that my family has been able to the Kraft Group, Patriot Place, Brigham Health, receive while expanding our wonderful partnership Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Town of Fox- with Brigham Health and Dana-Farber Cancer borough gathered at the site of the new medical Institute. As such, Patriot Place will continue to be building at Patriot Place to celebrate the topping a destination that offers world-class health care off of the structure. services to people south of Boston.” Brigham Health and Dana-Farber Cancer Kraft Group President Jonathan Kraft added Institute are the first announced tenants to oc- that when he and his family started envisioning cupy the five-story, 150,000-square-foot building. Patriot Place, they were unanimous in the idea Brigham Health will of bringing world-class occupy two floors health care services from The 2018 Partners in Patriotism Scholarship recipients, (or 60,000 square Boston closer to home for from left, Joshua Jacobson, Anir Gubbala, Caroline Bou- feet) and will expand residents in the Foxbor- dreau, Holly O’Toole and Catherine Luciano. services that are ough area. currently offered “The current Brigham KRAFT FAMILY AWARDS at Brigham and and Women’s / Mass Women’s / Mass General Health Care $25,000 IN SCHOLARSHIPS General Health Center has been a Care Center at Fox- cornerstone of what’s TO FHS SENIORS borough, including a made Patriot Place so significant increase successful,” said Jonathan The first recipients of the Kraft family’s in primary care and Kraft. “It’s really great Partners in Patriotism Scholarship were radiology services. to see this new medical announced May 29 at Foxborough High School’s The first Brigham From left: Foxborough Board of Selectmen Chair Chris building being constructed, Mitchell, Kraft Group President-International Dan Kraft, Scholarship Night. Health patient clinics where the Brigham will be selectman David Feldman, Town Manager Bill Keegan, in the new building dramatically expanding its Kraft Group Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft, Assistant Foxborough High School seniors Caroline are expected to open presence and Dana-Farber Boudreau, Anir Gubbala, Joshua Jacobson, Town Manager Mary Beth Bernard, Kraft Group President in the fall of 2019. will be providing world-class Catherine Luciano and Holly O’Toole were Jonathan Kraft and selectman Jim DeVellis at the site of selected as the inaugural recipients out of a field Dana-Farber will Patriot Place’s new medical facility. cancer care right here of 47 applicants. Each recipient will receive a occupy approximate- in Foxborough. It’s just $5,000 academic scholarship from the Kraft ly 34,000 square another important step to family. feet of the building and will develop a medical on- building out and evolving here along Route 1.” See SCHOLARSHIP, Page 2 cology and hematology outpatient satellite facility For Foxborough Town Manager Bill Keegan, expected to open in the spring of 2020. Services the new medical building is a shining example of Find Partners in Patriotism on Social Media offered in the new facility include adult medical on- the great partnership Foxborough has fostered Find Partners in Patriotism on Twitter by following cology and hematology exams, infusions, support with the Kraft Group. @PIPFoxboro and on Facebook by liking “Partners in services and clinical trials. “It’s been such a great relationship for the Patriotism.” These accounts are dedicated to news “We are fortunate to live and work in a region town,” said Keegan. “Foxborough has earned and information important to the Foxborough com- that is home to some of our country’s best doc- millions and millions of dollars in revenue that go munity and provides the tors and medical institutions,” said Kraft Group back into the community in so many ways, but Kraft Group with another Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. “This new more importantly, we are able to have world-class way to regularly engage with medical building furthers my belief that every its neighbors. person should have access to the same life-saving, See HEALTH CARE, Page 3 Partners in Patriotism SCHOLARSHIP: 5 FHS SENIORS RECEIVE $5,000 EACH FROM KRAFT FAMILY From PAGE 1 “My family and I would like to con- Jacobson has spent much of his high gratulate these five wonderful young school career volunteering for the Jew- men and women on their outstanding ish Teen Foundation of Greater Boston, high school careers,” said Patriots a teen philanthropy program that Chairman and CEO Robert Kraft. “There provides Jewish teens with were many deserving applicants for the opportunity to put their these five scholarships, but Caroline, Jewish values into prac- Anir, Joshua, Catherine and Holly each tice. Jacobson has taken stood out because of their dedication to a leadership role in this helping their community, appreciation of program for three years, others, hard work and their respective serving as an advisor and Patriots players Ryan Allen, left, and Duron Harmon surprise a preschool goals for the future. I am very pleased Jacobson on the board of directors. class at Burrell Elementary School as part of Teacher Appreciation Week. to award these individuals with our first He has also volunteered at Partners in Patriotism scholarships and the Family Table Food Pantry and has wish them the very best in the pursuit of been a member of the FHS track team PATS THANK TEACHERS their passions.” and FHS music concert band, symphony Each recipient was presented with a orchestra and jazz band. Jacobson commemorative football and a personal- plans to attend Miami University of Ohio AT BURRELL SCHOOL ized note from Kraft. Additionally, the to pursue a degree in human capital students have been invited to attend management and leadership as well as The Patriots know the importance of good leadership and can social entrepreneurship. spot it when it’s present. So when punter Ryan Allen and defensive a Partners in Patriotism Scholarship Awards Reception in their honor with Luciano, FHS class of 2018 vice back Duron Harmon visited the Burrell Elementary School on their families at Gillette Stadium this president and student council vice May 9, they saw firsthand the impact the teachers are having on summer. president, has an impressive resume their students. The players visited the school as part of Teacher Boudreau is the FHS student council of community service to complement Appreciation Week to thank faculty and staff for all of their work in her academic and athletic accolades. shaping the minds of the next generation. president and secretary of Foxboro Rotary’s Interact Club, where she and Luciano has been a four-year member her peers volunteer to of the Interact Club where “Sometimes it’s not for the faint of heart,” said Allen, referring to she volunteered at the the role and responsibilities of a teacher. perform at least one act of community service each Attleboro Soup Kitchen “It can require levels of patience and month. Boudreau has vol- and visited residents at perseverance that are definitely shown unteered at a soup kitchen the Doolittle Home. She through these individuals’ work ethic. It’s and spent time visiting with also volunteered for the very important to me, and I appreciate senior citizens. She is a Rodman Ride for Kids, Best Buddies, Clean Up everything that they do.” Boudreau member of the American Luciano Sign Language, Spanish, Foxboro Day and has Allen and Harmon walked from classroom to classroom and and National honor societies and has visited patients at the Boston Hospital with a knock on the door from Principal Michele McCarthy, the also spent time teaching American for the Homeless. A three-sport athlete players surprised teachers with Super Bowl LI championship hats Sign Language to elementary school and captain in field hockey, ice hockey and lacrosse, Luciano helped lead and personalized autographed photos, while students in each students. A skilled athlete in lacrosse and field hockey, Boudreau served as the Warriors to a 2016 MIAA South class got to take home their own copy of the children’s book, “Let’s Sectional championship in field hockey Go, Patriots!” by Aimee Aryal. Allen and Harmon encouraged the captain of the FHS girls’ lacrosse team and volunteered her time coaching and a 2017 Division II state semifinalist students to read it every Sunday during the season to bring the in lacrosse. She is also a member of the team luck on game day. youth lacrosse. She plans to study busi- ness with a concentration in marketing National Honor Society. Luciano plans to at Bentley University. attend The College of The Holy Cross to From pre-school through fourth grade, students lit up with pursue a degree in accounting. excitement as they watched Allen and Harmon express gratitude Gubbala, a three-sport athlete in O’Toole was the vice president of the to the teachers for the work they do every day in the classroom. For football, swimming and track & field, has served as a member of the Interact Club Interact Club where she volunteered at Harmon, whose mother teaches middle school, thanking teachers the Attleboro Soup Kitchen, organized for the work that they do meant everything. and has given back to the community through his involvement in blood drives, visited residents at the Foxborough Unified Track Doolittle Home and patients “I know what these teachers go through,” Harmon said.

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